http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: nutrition Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191000.html Areas in the north west of Zimbabwe such as Chinhoyi, Karoi, Banket, Mhangura and Doma, were once prolific food producing areas and the breadbasket of the country, but there is no food there now. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:09:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191000.html 2008-11-19T21:09:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html The Ministry of Health is to embark on a polio immunisation programme, targeting about half a million Rwandese children, at the Rwanda-DR Congo border in order to prevent trans-border infections. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:50:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html 2008-11-18T11:50:13Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811170773.html Zimbabwean women have experienced higher levels of trauma, including violence and lack of food, after the country's independence from Britain in 1980 than before. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:45:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811170773.html 2008-11-17T11:45:22Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140996.html Impatience among the hungry and food relief operations put on the back foot by a nearly three-month ban are complicating an already desperate situation as Zimbabwe barrels towards its peak food crisis, less than two months away. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:44:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140996.html 2008-11-14T17:44:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140995.html The Zambian government has warned that a looming food crisis in the country's refugee camps could cause unrest among the thousands of asylum-seekers from across the region. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:44:09 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140995.html 2008-11-14T17:44:09Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140882.html NEPAD Business Group-Nigeria [NBGN] in partnership with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, (NESG); the Presidency; other representatives of private sector bodies in the rice sector and relevant government ministries and departments, will, in the next two weeks, assemble providers of credit and inputs as well as business development corporations, processors, farmers and state government officials in order to create opportunities/openings that would lead to setting up of rice production and processing projects in Nigeria and West Africa. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:35:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140882.html 2008-11-14T14:35:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140006.html Following years of massive crop losses caused by a devastating virus, the tropical root crop cassava - one of Africa's principal foodstuffs - has made a comeback and is benefiting some 1.65 million people throughout the Great Lakes region, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:46:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811140006.html 2008-11-14T05:46:43Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811130293.html THE Seeta High School student who died recently was not poisoned, but died of botulism, medical reports have revealed. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:40:17 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811130293.html 2008-11-13T09:40:17Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811120522.html Makerere University government-sponsored students have opposed the move by the university administration to stop providing meals in halls of residence. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:14:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811120522.html 2008-11-12T11:14:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811110507.html Parents have been urged to provide lunch for their children under the Universal Primary Education programme. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:05:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811110507.html 2008-11-11T11:05:13Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811101178.html Deficiencies of vitamins and minerals are very common in Ghana. As many as seven out of every ten children in the country are vitamin A deficient. Anemia, which is an indication of iron deficiency, also affects seven out of every ten children in the country. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:11:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811101178.html 2008-11-10T15:11:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811070967.html INTERNATIONAL relief agencies have described the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe as "a complex emergency situation" as new statistics indicate more than half of the country's population is now in urgent need of food handouts. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:38:09 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811070967.html 2008-11-07T20:38:09Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811060387.html Students of Gulu University have gone on strike over food allowances. The students have vowed to continue with the strike until the university administration meets their interests. The students say the current food allowance is not enough to cater for them. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:20:31 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811060387.html 2008-11-06T10:20:31Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811050059.html ABOUT 3,000 refugees in two refugee settlements in Zambia are faced with starvation if the World Food Programme (WFP) does not receive additional resources for food next year. Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:32:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811050059.html 2008-11-05T09:32:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811041121.html The food shortage at the Youngsfield refugee camp in Wynberg is escalating, with leaders pleading for help to prevent women and children "starving to death". Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:28:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811041121.html 2008-11-04T20:28:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811040298.html Fruit producers have forecast a good season despite sleepy trees being confused by an erratic end to winter, analysts have said. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:48:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811040298.html 2008-11-04T09:48:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811040017.html In light of the increasing levels of malnutrition coupled with food insecurity and high food prices, a standard for processed cereal-based foods for malnourished infants and young children has been proposed. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:58:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811040017.html 2008-11-04T05:58:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810310919.html It gets worse each day for Zimbabweans struggling with shortages and escalating food prices, now denominated in US dollars. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:35:30 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810310919.html 2008-10-31T19:35:30Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810310742.html HOPE for a better harvest next year is fading; experts have warned that Zimbabwe's food crisis is set to claw into 2009 because of poor preparation, lack of inputs and late arrival of rainfall. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:26:52 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810310742.html 2008-10-31T14:26:52Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810301031.html Makerere University yesterday made a passionate plea to Parliament, seeking an immediate and permanent end to students feeding and accommodation facilities. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:06:20 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810301031.html 2008-10-30T14:06:20Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810300485.html The World Food Programme will soon start using an innovative micronutrients supplement to support the diet of people facing food shortages in Kenya. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:12:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810300485.html 2008-10-30T10:12:49Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290757.html Rural Zimbabweans have always turned to an emergency larder of wild foods to see them through hard times, but in this year of shortages and dizzying prices for all basic foodstuffs, the fruits and roots foraged from the bush are keeping many alive. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:15:32 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290757.html 2008-10-29T18:15:32Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290562.html The Ghanaian government, backed by the World Bank, is expanding a cash handout programme to help families hit hardest by global food price hikes. But some local development experts question whether the approach has lasting benefits. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:05:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290562.html 2008-10-29T13:05:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290319.html A recent Pan African Banana Conference held in Mombasa, Kenya on October 9, 2008 recommended that African banana producing countries should turn to the untapped potential of local and regional markets where demand particularly in rapidly growing urban centres is increasing. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:25:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290319.html 2008-10-29T10:25:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290257.html Women feed the nation, but due to cultural and conservative laws, they are denied land ownership, which is at the heart of food production. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:06:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810290257.html 2008-10-29T10:06:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810280284.html The City of Cape Town has congratulated Team South Africa on winning five medals at the Internationale Kochkunst Ausstellung (IKA) Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:38:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810280284.html 2008-10-28T09:38:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810271420.html Despite the closure of the Youngsfield safety site in Wynberg last Friday, 160 refugees remain in the camp awaiting repatriation or reintegration, and many claim that they have not eaten for two days. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:41:51 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810271420.html 2008-10-27T14:41:51Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810271005.html The burgeoning world financial crisis has pushed aside the attention of policy makers from the threat of rising food prices, but the global food crisis is far from over. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:30:06 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810271005.html 2008-10-27T12:30:06Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810270135.html AFRICAN countries should prioritise land for food production following recent experiences of social unrest caused by a dissatisfied communities over global food inflation, President Kgalema Motlanthe said yesterday. Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:27:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810270135.html 2008-10-27T07:27:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810241029.html In Côte d'Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to respond to what nutrition experts call "alarming" malnutrition levels. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:53:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810241029.html 2008-10-24T19:53:49Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810240778.html The Liberian Government has validated the draft of an integrated National Nutrition Policy to eradicate mal-nutrition among vulnerable people in Liberia. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:03:56 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810240778.html 2008-10-24T14:03:56Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810230109.html The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is planning to provide a highly nutritious, peanut-based food to some 64,000 children in Somalia over the next six months to combat the growing threat of malnutrition in the Horn of Africa nation that is currently in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:34:15 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810230109.html 2008-10-23T07:34:15Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220903.html Mozambican Health Minister Ivo Garrido on Wednesday called for changes in the current strategy to fight malnutrition, since the strategy is not yet reducing high rates of child mortality. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:33:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220903.html 2008-10-22T19:33:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220752.html Farmers working to boost food security and improve their livelihoods in terms of incomes from the produce will now move their minds from the use of chemicals to natural organisms. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:43:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220752.html 2008-10-22T14:43:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220621.html FOOD retailer Pick n Pay, which yesterday posted a 16,4% increase in turnover to R23,6bn for the six months to August , said it was changing the way it operated by introducing more environmentally responsible policies. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:31:47 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810220621.html 2008-10-22T13:31:47Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810210725.html FOOD security in South Africa and its neighbouring countries is under such threat that the region is heading for a serious food crisis due to lower commodity prices, high production costs and the possible consequences of the international financial crisis, according to Fanie Brink, an independent agriculture consultant in South Africa. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:46:23 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810210725.html 2008-10-21T13:46:23Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810201464.html The World Health Organisation says hunger, preventable diseases and poor healthcare are the main humanitarian risks facing millions in Ethiopia who are affected or displaced by drought, flooding and insecurity. Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:50:06 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810201464.html 2008-10-20T18:50:06Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170698.html As the global climatic change continues to take toll on food production in the world, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) statistics has revealed that more than a quarter of the undernourished people all over the world live in Africa. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170698.html 2008-10-17T11:55:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170501.html Today, Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark the World Food Day. The day, organised by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is being marked in Tororo. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:24:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170501.html 2008-10-17T10:24:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170499.html Shirtless Karimojong men pant and pace at the World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses. They are on a frantic mission to load a truck with maize, split peas, corn, soya blend and cooking oil donations from western countries. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:24:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810170499.html 2008-10-17T10:24:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810160323.html Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday that the use of the terms: "Global food crisis and food price volatility" by the international community, were "misleading and confusing". Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:10:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810160323.html 2008-10-16T10:10:27Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810160311.html The severe food crisis in Zimbabwe is putting the lives of the country's children at great risk - with many youngsters already beginning to succumb to the effects of malnutrition, disease and starvation. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:08:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810160311.html 2008-10-16T10:08:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150026.html With the eyes of a predator and attention to detail of a master craftsman, Benjamin Maina combs the 100-acre Khosla plantation for fallen banana trees. The good health of this crop is everything to the many people whose lives depend on trading banana -- the best selling fruit in the world. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:57:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150026.html 2008-10-15T05:57:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150013.html More than six million people in Ethiopia now require emergency food assistance because of drought and rising food prices, according to the government, revising a June estimate of 4.6 million needy people. The official figure in April was 2.2 million. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:54:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150013.html 2008-10-15T05:54:27Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150012.html Levels of malnutrition are rising in parts of northern Kenya while food insecurity is expected to further deteriorate to high and extreme levels in the region, officials warned. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:54:00 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810150012.html 2008-10-15T05:54:00Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200810140640.html Scientists are not resting on their oars in the wake of current challenges arising from global infant feeding practices. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:21:49 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200810140640.html 2008-10-14T11:21:49Z